Example sentences of "reason to [be] [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is one particular reason to be cautious of unsystematic observations ( even by native speakers ) as a basis for adequate identification of variables . |
| 2 | Another reason to be cautious of over-reliance on the mean is that there are certain important between-group differences which a simple comparison of group means can not reveal . |
| 3 | While waiting for these elements to become commercially viable partly accounts for the delay , IBM also has reason to be cautious about allowing its mainframe customers to run existing transaction processing applications on smaller — and far cheaper — RS/6000s . |
| 4 | By now the French government had become quite brazen about the whole affair and the new French prime minister , Jacques Chirac , publicly stated that France had good reason to be proud of what Mafart and Prieur had achieved , a view that was evidently shared by most people in France . |
| 5 | Many other men and organisations had reason to be proud of the parts they had played in the drama . |
| 6 | Many Ayrshire schools have reason to be proud of outstanding men and women who have graced their classrooms as pupils . |
| 7 | Several local people had reason to be proud of the rescues they effected before the arrival of the rescue services . |
| 8 | Royston-based Blundell finished one lap behind the brilliant duo but had every reason to be proud of a fine drive in his first Formula One race since 1991 . |
| 9 | The Council of Europe nevertheless survived and within its limited competence has reason to be proud of the work it has done since its inception . |
| 10 | Sally has reason to be proud of the part where it counts . |
| 11 | We have every reason to be proud of the service of the Territorial Army over the years , because we can trace the history of volunteer and reserve commitment back to the Norman conquest . |
| 12 | He has every good reason to be proud of the smooth , artistic lines of the completed building . |
| 13 | He finished one lap down but had every reason to be proud of a fine drive in his first Formula One race since 1991 . |
| 14 | THE National Art Collection Fund has every reason to be pleased with itself at having given £250,000 of the £10 million needed to acquire Lord Cholmondeley 's Holbein , Lady with a Pet Squirrel , for the National Gallery . |
| 15 | I am in the possession of a number of splendid suits , kindly passed on to me over the years by Lord Darlington himself , and by various guests who have stayed in this house and had reason to be pleased with the standard of service here . |
| 16 | Mr Myers , 45 , has good reason to be pleased with himself . |
| 17 | Danzigers had good reason to be apprehensive about the Versailles Treaty arrangements , and they were not alone . |
| 18 | He had reason to be touchy about Nechaev . |
| 19 | Many locals had had good reason to be grateful to him when times had been hard . |
| 20 | Many others had reason to be grateful to the Quakers for refusing to give up their mission to help refugees . |
| 21 | You 've reason to be grateful to me . |
| 22 | The continuing electoral hegemony of the Conservatives rested not only on the division of the anti-Tory vote between Labour and Liberals , but also on the fact that large numbers of manual and white-collar workers , benefiting from the rapid growth of new industries , services and housing in the Midlands and the South of England , felt that they had good reason to be grateful to the Government . |
| 23 | Nevertheless , when it came to seeking allies in Congress , Carter 's position was much weakened , first , by the fact that so few members had any reason to be grateful to the president for their election and , second , because he had so conspicuously run against the existing political order which included , of course , Congress . |
| 24 | The Essex team had reason to be grateful to the weather when a down-pour at the Southend Spring Festival ( 16 May ) brought crowds into the covered area just in time to watch them perform . |
| 25 | By the time the timpani signalled a perky rapprochement of the Chichester Psalms and the Young Person 's Guide , having long ago left Berg behind , there was every reason to be grateful for the consistent vigour of the solo writing and to admire Zukerman 's unstinted flair in putting it across . |
| 26 | Today the wall serves as a safe guide back to civilisation in mist or unkind weather and lost souls on Gragareth have good reason to be grateful for its existence . |
| 27 | Another reason to be grateful for all the publicity and discussion about child abuse is that former victims are seeking treatment at a far earlier age than was previously the case and therefore are able to go on and live a normal life once that treatment is complete . |
| 28 | In time of crisis , the West will have reason to be grateful for its defences . |
| 29 | Save The Children Fund and children throughout the world have every reason to be grateful for her unstinting efforts . |
| 30 | But , however rapidly the filmmakers who built their reputations during the war may have disillusioned the critics , with their narrow concept of what the nation 's filmmakers should be doing , British filmmakers had reason to be confident in 1945 . |